US EditionTrump's security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting
A Secret Service agent was struck but is expected to recover after the suspect fired from above the ballroom and forced Trump and guests to evacuate.
- On Saturday night, a gunman opened fire at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, wounding a Secret Service agent and prompting immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump and other officials.
- Washington police reported the alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen, was staying at the Washington Hilton and reached a floor above the ballroom armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives, breaching security despite protocols for roughly 2,600 attendees.
- Secret Service agents quickly rushed Trump and Vice President Vance from the head table, while security details for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent formed human shields to protect them during the evacuation.
- President Trump later described the Washington Hilton as "not particularly a secure building," noting the suspect had not been close to "breaching" the ballroom. The venue was previously the site of a 1981 assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan.
- Coming less than two years after assassination attempts during the 2024 campaign, Saturday's incident raises questions about protection afforded to America's political leaders. Investigators are currently reviewing security gaps that allowed the gunman to access the hotel.
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Chinese Media Trash Security at White House Correspondents' Dinner, Blame U.S. ‘Radicalization’
The Chinese state propaganda newspaper Global Times lamented in its coverage on Sunday that the shooting at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was a result of "radicalization of international political divisions in America." The post Chinese Media Trash Security at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Blame U.S. ‘Radicalization’ appeared first on Breitbart.
Shooter says that the incompetence of the authorities at the hotel was absurd: guests were circulating freely and agents did not detect risks. Secret Service is once again criticized, but Trump praises the agency.
House Republican calls for Congress to take ‘better steps’ to address security after WHCA gala shooting
Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that Congress should take “better steps” to address lawmaker security in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. “I do,” Hamadeh told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” when the latter asked whether the legislative branch “should be doing something different”…
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